Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ballotter
Introduction to the verb ballotter
The English translation of the French verb ballotter is “to toss” or “to sway.” It is pronounced as “bah-luh-tay.”
The verb ballotter comes from the Old French word “bater,” meaning “to beat” or “to strike.” In everyday French, it is most often used in the Subjonctif Passé tense, which is used to express a hypothetical or uncertain action that took place in the past.
Here are three examples of its usage in this tense, with their English translations:
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J’espère que tu as bien balloté pendant le trajet en voiture. (I hope you were comfortable during the car ride.)
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Il me semble que le navire a balloté toute la nuit dans la tempête. (It seems to me that the ship tossed all night in the storm.)
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Nous lui avons demandé s’il avait été balloté par les vagues lors de sa dernière sortie en mer. (We asked him if he had been tossed by the waves during his last trip at sea.)
Table of the Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of ballotter
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | aie ballotté | Je doute que j’aie ballotté. | I doubt that I tossed. |
tu | aies ballotté | Il faut que tu aies ballotté. | You must have tossed. |
il | ait ballotté | Il est possible qu’il ait ballotté. | It’s possible he tossed. |
elle | ait ballotté | Elle craint qu’elle ait ballotté. | She fears she tossed. |
on | ait ballotté | On veut qu’on ait ballotté. | We want it to have been tossed. |
nous | ayons ballotté | Espérons que nous ayons ballotté. | Let’s hope we tossed. |
vous | ayez ballotté | Il est important que vous ayez ballotté. | It’s important that you tossed. |
ils | aient ballotté | Ils doutent qu’ils aient ballotté. | They doubt they tossed. |
elles | aient ballotté | Elles préfèrent qu’elles aient ballotté. | They prefer they tossed. |
Other Conjugations for Ballotter.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb ballotter
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ballotter
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ballotter
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ballotter
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ballotter
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ballotter
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ballotter
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ballotter
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ballotter
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ballotter
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ballotter (this article)
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ballotter
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ballotter
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ballotter
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ballotter
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ballotter
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb ballotter
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Ballotter – About the French Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense
Formation of the Subjonctif Passé
Everyday Usage Patterns
Interactions with Other Tenses
Present tense
Future tense
Conditional
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